Genre Transformation of Stories by Eleanor Porter

Оlena Piterska

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of genre transformation and the specifics of the stories by Eleanor Hodgman Porter. The signs and problems of new genre formations are considered, the range of scientific researches of the mentioned theme is outlined. The emphasis is placed on the genre specificity of the cycle of stories by E. Porter called “Short stories”. The development and the main tendencies of the genre transformation of the writer's stories in the historical-literary and ideological-aesthetic context are extracted.